There has to be a word for this in the Japanese language. You know the kind. It is the word that a local person tells you what it mostly means but that there isn't a term for it in the English language. There is more than manicured shrubs, vibrant rose gardens, undisturbed mountainsides, and meticulously arranged foods... which delight the senses at every turn. There has to be a word which includes but is not limited to the peoples' quietness, respect, humility, pride in excellence, dedication to one another, adherence to tradition, vision for the future... It's Japanese culture. It's the Japanese way. It's good and pleasant. All translating into the treasured music of the piano... patience and progress are shaping a company, a product, a business, a musician. Perhaps then, the word is the embodiment of a country's flagship piano: their biggest advocate and facilitator of music education and the maker of the first concert grand piano in Japan... KAWAI.
Thank you, Kawai, for a magnificent Japan Experience... that I will remember every time I play my own piano.
Sincerely,
The Senters
Beautiful Music Rack on the first concert grand built in Japan, by Mr. Koichi Kawai.
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